It’s lovely to see some more of his stuff.
David Hockney shares exclusive art from Normandy, as ‘a respite from the news’ – BBC News
“Why are my iPad drawings seen as a respite from the news? Well, they are obviously made by the hand depicting the renewal that is the spring in this part of the world.”
The point being that his images are the product of him looking directly at nature and depicting or representing what he sees by transmitting his sensory reaction through his fingers onto paper via a pencil, rather than mediating the process through a photograph.
His pictures are a record of how he, uniquely, is experiencing reality of his subject and the space in which it exists. The one-eyed mechanical camera flattens out all this individual nuance.
“The only real things in life are food and love in that order, just like our little dog Ruby. I really believe this and the source of art is love.”
I was blown away when I first saw his ipad paintings up close in Saltaire. These look just as charming.
David Hockney’s iPad artwork goes on display – BBC News
An exhibition of artwork drawn on a tablet computer by artist David Hockney has opened in Saltaire, West Yorkshire. The 33 images depict the arrival of spring in the Yorkshire Wolds in 2011.
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